Dali Tho Baa City, above the royal court.

Duan Zhixing listened to the urgent reports ahead, and the Buddha beads in his hands were dumbfounded, and muttered to himself: "Unprovoked killing, the Heavenly Empire is not benevolent." Honesty is peace, why bother with swords! Amitabha, sin and sin ......"

People who believe in Buddhism are really different, and when they talk about things, they not only have a limerick poem that secretly rhymes, but also a picture of an idiot talking about a dream.

Hit you? Need a reason? Need to say hello to you?

If Ye Yu heard Duan Zhixing's words, he would definitely sneer at him and secretly scold him for being pedantic.

Duan Zhixing's obsession with Buddhism, just like Li Yu's love of poetry and beauty in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Song Huizong's love of engaging in some art, the end of these two is to become the destruction of the country, and Duan Zhixing seems to be no better now.

Although Dali has more than 200,000 soldiers with armor, but it is only a façade in terms of quantity, a country where the subjects believe in Buddhism, can expect how many soldiers with armor have combat power.

Buddhism emphasizes submissiveness and karma, and this negative thinking is brewing in the army of soldiers, and the results can be imagined.

Even a group of ferocious wolves will eventually be nurtured into a pack of docile pet wolf dogs!

Otherwise, when the Central Plains was in full swing and the war was in full swing, Dali would not have been on the border and did not dare to send troops without authorization.

The ministers discussed a lot in the palace, and after some deliberation, finally under the persuasion of the ministers led by Gao Shouchang, Duan Zhixing sent envoys to Li Dayin's march to negotiate.

However, as soon as the envoys sent left the national capital of Tho Bacheng, Li Dayin's army was already advancing layer by layer.

Dali's official position and military system are strictly modeled after the system of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Therefore, in the face of irreconcilable disputes, the Dali royal court hastily mobilized the army of various counties to resist Li Dayin, and actively sent envoys to hope for peace talks with the Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

In the face of the envoys sent by the Dali royal court, Li Dayin directly played the bandit behavior of being the leader of the alliance on the mountain, not only ignoring the peace envoys of the Dali royal court, but detaining all the envoys in the march.

He also planned to escort the envoys of the peace talks to the front of the battle to worship the flag at the time of the siege of the city, so as to boost the morale of the officers and men in the army.

Li Dayin's series of actions, if the Confucians of the Central Plains learned about this, they would definitely belittle Li Dayin as worthless.

What's more, they will write books and explain Li Dayin's despicable acts, so that his crimes will be engraved in the annals of history for thousands of years, because this is their usual trick.

According to the moral standards of the Confucians, Li Dayin sent troops to invade the country for no reason before Dali provoked, which is already extremely immoral and should be condemned.

After that, he didn't know how to restrain himself, and when the envoys came to negotiate, they were privately detained, and they were to be escorted to the front of the army to sacrifice the flag and swear an oath, which was even more contrary to the rule of 'the two countries will not be killed at war'.

Barbaric temper, some people need to be stimulated, such as those Song soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition, if it weren't for Ye Yu's connivance and killing, there would not be today's 400,000 tiger and wolf heroes.

As for Li Dayin, this kind of barbaric temper is innate, and there is no need to sharpen it, since he has decided to solve the disaster on the border with lightning, that is, there is no turning back from the bow, how can he waste time on this peace talks.

Therefore, Li Dayin did not take any breath, and led the army to continue to advance in one go, Dali, a Buddha-like country, where is the opponent of these tiger and wolf divisions, coupled with the advanced nature of firearms configuration, it is even more invincible to attack the city with half the effort.

The border Dali is in danger of facing the Song army's pressing step by step, and the ministers of the imperial capital of the Great Song Dynasty have recently begun to become active, especially the issue of supporting a new generation of princes, and gradually formed three forces.

Among them, the most mainstream and the most powerful is, of course, Jiang Fu's support for the youngest prince Zhao Bin, the king of Chu.

The second is Zhao Feng, the king of Jing, who is a concubine, because according to his age, he is the eldest son of the emperor.

Finally, the new forces that have risen recently are a group of ministers led by Chai Shuxia, the king of Jin, who have stood on the side of Zhao Qing, the king of Qi, and also want to fight for the position of prince for Zhao Qing, the king of Qi.

The three forces tear each other apart, you say that you don't stand up for the long, he says that the elder does not stand for the young, and some people say that it doesn't matter if the difference between the heirs and the concubine is important, it depends on the character and virtue of the prince......

The old man of the Manchu Dynasty, who was civil and military, was very happy to tear his face for a few young princes. completely lost the gentleness, elegance, tranquility and calmness on weekdays, but made the entire court become a shrew scolding the street in the bustling market.

However, as the controversy continued to heat up, among the three forces, the call for Zhao Feng, the eldest son of the emperor, became smaller and smaller, and finally he was directly squeezed out of the ranks of Chai Shuxia and Jiang Fu to compete for the prince.

The battle for imperial power is not only about identity, but more importantly, how strong it is, which is a clear example from Ye Yu.

Imagine an embarrassed identity who can go from being an illegitimate child to becoming the supreme son of heaven who is now feared by everyone in the Great Song Dynasty, which is to give full play to his personal strength.

Otherwise, if the status is precious, whether it is the original Qing King Zhao Kai or the rebellious Gong King Zhao Dan, which one is more noble than Ye Yu, the illegitimate son.

Although Zhao Feng is now older than the other three princes, because he does not have the support of a strong force behind him, he can only be destined to become a flickering wave in this power struggle.

And Zhao Qing, the king of Qi, who is also a concubine, due to the strong support of Chai Shuxia, the king of Jin, can still stand tall and compete with Zhao Bin, the king of Chu, for the crown prince despite the lack of various prerequisites!

One is the emperor and the prince, and the other is the royal relatives and noble princes, both of them are very detached in terms of strength and status, and they are even ordered to jointly take charge of the military and political affairs of the DPRK and China.

So the two confronted each other, which can be said to be comparable, each with its own merits.

Finally, on the night of this day, the news that the emperor was critically ill suddenly came from the palace, and there was a decree from the palace attendants, announcing that several important ministers in the court would immediately enter the palace to face the saint.

Until this time, everyone knew that the critical moment had finally come, and who was the successor of the Great Song Empire, there would definitely be a result tonight.

In the Funing Palace, all officials from six or more departments waited outside the palace to be summoned.

It didn't take long for Liu Wuyue, the chamberlain, to walk out of the hall, and then stood on the steps and cleared his throat, and said solemnly with a worried expression: "Your Majesty has a decree, King Xuanjin and Lord Jiang will listen to the training in the palace!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

Jiang Fu and Chai Shuxia glanced at each other, and then each avoided each other's eyes with concern, and then each dressed up and walked into Funing Palace one after another.